TripAdvisor Reviews El Galpon Pisco Elqui

Travel Blogs from Pisco Elqui

... taking in the beautiful scenery and stopping at a ford in the river where we took a momentary dip in the ice cold glacial water. Later that day we stocked up on some supplies and had the first of many Chilean BBQ's. Our final day in Pisco was spent cycling first to a craft market 10 km outside of town, where Jenn found some beautiful earrings and a hair band (early christmas presents - yay!), and where we ...

We got up and packed and caught the local bus to a smaller village further up the valley. We were surprised again by the hard work and inhospitable looking countryside. Pisco Elqui was absolutely beautiful, we began to regret staying in Vicuna instead of here except being closer to the Andes it was also colder. The town is built on a hill and as we had all of our bags we ...

... left with a presentation that had us thinking that our entire planet might be a molecule on the whisker of a rat in an alternate universe. If you want to feel similarly insignificant you can watch a YouTube video at this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH 34Q

Our daylight adventures had a western flavour. DH (where the 'D’ stands for Deadeye Daisy) wanted to explore the valley on horseback. Looking very much like a Chilean Cowgirl and Cowboy ...

... the Elqui valley on a local bus. The scenery here became more enjoyable as the green plantations of avocado, grapes and olives flooded the bottom of the valley, sometimes spreading up onto the high incline dirt and rock covered slopes. Small villages and towns rolled by until we finally arrived at the destination - the small town of Pisco Elqui.

Dropped off next to an action packed Plaza de Armas, the next task consisted of wondering ...

... too fat to fit any wine in with him. Pretty crazy stories but unsure of how true they actually are. We had lunch in the town not to far from the factory, which was included in the price of the tour. It was really nice, in a traditional Chilean restaurant with live music on. Afterwards we set off back towards La Serena stopping off at a few more places, a viewing point overlooking the valley and another small town which had a hippy market going ...